One of the lesser known reasons for Hamas to attack Israel was the messianic push for destruction of al-Aqsa.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-how-hamas-sees-gaza-conflict-unfolding
The trigger for the 7 October attack was Hamas’s concern that far-right Jews intended to sacrifice an animal at the site of al-Aqsa Mosque, thus laying the ground for the demolition of the Dome on the Rock shrine and the building of the Third Temple. Hamas had been following Israeli plans to institute a permanent Jewish presence within the al-Aqsa complex closely. The daily presence of far-right Jews at al-Aqsa had already been achieved, with two daily incursions in the morning and afternoon in tours protected by heavily armed police and lasting from 30 minutes to an hour.
According to some messianic religious sects like the Temple Institute, a red heifer without a blemish must be sacrificed to purify the ground before the Third Temple can be rebuilt. Red Angus cows have been imported from the US for this purpose. One Third Temple group said earlier this year that it hoped to slaughter five imported heifers during next year’s Passover holiday, which falls in April 2024.
MEE’s source said that al-Aqsa had already been divided in time and noted that settlers had made “vegetable sacrifices” at the site.
This appears to be a reference to an incursion a month ago by dozens of settlers carrying palm fronds to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukhot.
“The only thing left is the slaughtering of the red heifers which they imported from the US. If they did that, it’s the signal to rebuild the Third Temple,” said the source. In the three weeks leading up to the raid, there were three Jewish festivals, ending with Sukhot. “The feeling of Hamas in Gaza was that al-Aqsa was in imminent danger,” said MEE’s source.
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It may seem that Red Heifer is an outlandish conspiracy theory hoax, but very public preparations are already underway.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-heifer-temple-institute/
https://www.jpost.com/not-just-news/holy-cow-biblical-red-heifer-in-production-409240
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-717650
https://www2.cbn.com/news/israel/texas-red-heifers-arrival-stirs-prophetic-excitement-israel
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-how-hamas-sees-gaza-conflict-unfolding
The trigger for the 7 October attack was Hamas’s concern that far-right Jews intended to sacrifice an animal at the site of al-Aqsa Mosque, thus laying the ground for the demolition of the Dome on the Rock shrine and the building of the Third Temple. Hamas had been following Israeli plans to institute a permanent Jewish presence within the al-Aqsa complex closely. The daily presence of far-right Jews at al-Aqsa had already been achieved, with two daily incursions in the morning and afternoon in tours protected by heavily armed police and lasting from 30 minutes to an hour.
According to some messianic religious sects like the Temple Institute, a red heifer without a blemish must be sacrificed to purify the ground before the Third Temple can be rebuilt. Red Angus cows have been imported from the US for this purpose. One Third Temple group said earlier this year that it hoped to slaughter five imported heifers during next year’s Passover holiday, which falls in April 2024.
MEE’s source said that al-Aqsa had already been divided in time and noted that settlers had made “vegetable sacrifices” at the site.
This appears to be a reference to an incursion a month ago by dozens of settlers carrying palm fronds to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukhot.
“The only thing left is the slaughtering of the red heifers which they imported from the US. If they did that, it’s the signal to rebuild the Third Temple,” said the source. In the three weeks leading up to the raid, there were three Jewish festivals, ending with Sukhot. “The feeling of Hamas in Gaza was that al-Aqsa was in imminent danger,” said MEE’s source.
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It may seem that Red Heifer is an outlandish conspiracy theory hoax, but very public preparations are already underway.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-heifer-temple-institute/
https://www.jpost.com/not-just-news/holy-cow-biblical-red-heifer-in-production-409240
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-717650
https://www2.cbn.com/news/israel/texas-red-heifers-arrival-stirs-prophetic-excitement-israel